Word: nantao
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Dates: during 1932-1932
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...amounted to a definite lull, it was not without disquieting developments. An official Japanese statement insisted that more than 30,000 Chinese troops were massing around Soochow; that large numbers of Chinese snipers had been smuggled into Shanghai; that a Chinese incendiary plot to destroy the Japanese college at Nantao had been narrowly frustrated. Four new divisions of Chinese soldiers were reported to be proceeding from Chekiang to Shanghai. According to Japanese authorities, Chinese were transporting cement and barbed wire to Sungkiang for the construction of defense works...
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